* In the ''FanFic/TamersForeverSeries'' [[spoiler: Kazu recieves a ''Flame Inferno'' attack meant to kill Suzie.]]** [[spoiler: Takato also sacrifices himself to kill Daemon.]]** And in an earlier example, [[spoiler: Takato [[TakingTheBullet recieves a "Trump Swords" attack meant for Taomon]].]]* In ''FanFic/AHistoryOfMagic'' Sadako Sasaki (the girl who died from leukemia as a result of the Hiroshima bombing, and the inspiration of the ThousandOrigamiCranes trope) chose this when she used her wish to wish that the atomic bomb never was used again, rather than wish herself cured of leukemia. She thinks it a worthwhile sacrifice, bringing a rare moment of remorse from Kyubey.** [[spoiler: In the post-Madoka world, where the masquerade is broken and there's prejudice on both sides, the Puella Magi and the humans are on the verge of war, aggravated by humans sending brainwashed Puella Magi to kill the Magi in positions of power. Billy Kane, the man that technically broke the masquerade (long story why), decided to take the blame for the brainwashed magi assassins in an attempt to stop the war from happening. It somewhat works, though a huge Demon outbreak helped,.]]** [[spoiler: At the very end of the fic, humanity and magi are almost completely wiped out. Kyubey tells Homura that the Incubators plan on taking the last human, cloning it, and using that to create a new stock of humans to make Puella Magi from, and they were willing to wait until Homura died from her fatal injuries to take the baby unless she killed the baby herself. Homura made a wish and sacrificed her chances of ever seeing Madoka again to ensure this baby made it into Madoka's heaven and they both died. The sacrifice was enough to reunite Homura with Madoka anyway, and bridge the heavens between Puella Magi and humans.]]* The entirety of [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/109581/1/i-did-not-want-to-die/i-did-not-want-to-die I Did Not Want To Die.]]* Subverted in ''FanFic/TheImmortalGame''. [[spoiler: Twilight Sparkle throws herself into [[BigBad Titan]]'s [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill free will-removing]] spell in order to disrupt it at the last second, fully expecting to die in the process. Instead, she absorbs the remnants of [[BenevolentPrecursors Harmony]]'s power and is transformed [[DeityOfHumanOrigin into an alicorn]].]]* ''FanFic/InnerDemons'': Rarity fights [[TheDragon Trixie]], despite knowing she's far more powerful, in order to [[YouShallNotPass buy time for Spike and Apple Bloom to escape]]. Nonfatal example, as while she's defeated, she lives.** There's an example from a villain later on, as [[spoiler: when Apple Bloom tries to immobilize [[BigBad Queen!]][[FaceHeelTurn Twilight]] with a nonfatal sword strike, Trixie pushes her out of the way and is [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice run through]] instead.]]** According to legend, Bayonet ([[PrecursorHeroes the original Master of Harmony]]) sacrificed her own life force to use all of the Elements of Harmony in order to defeat Midnight ([[PredecessorVillain the original Queen of Darkness]]).** [[spoiler: Ultimately subverted with Apple Bloom, who is willing to do the same as Bayonet to defeat Queen!Twilight (and later, [[EnemyWithout the Darkness]]), but survives.]]* In the Disgaea fanfic [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7947702/1/The-Curse-of-Blood The Curse of Blood]] [[spoiler: Laharl blocks a spear strike that kills him]] to protect Etna. [[spoiler: From his brainwashed mother no less.]] * In ''FanFic/HumanCuriousity'', [[spoiler:a number of Nations sacrifice their own chances to escape the HCS facility - leading to their own deaths - in order to secure the freedom of their friends and family. Among them were Scotland and Switzerland (who stayed behind and drew HCS fire so England and Liechtenstein respectively could escape), Denmark (who held back HCS soldiers so Estonia could continue on) and Russia and Belarus (who held off the HCS soldiers that tried to stop England and Liechtenstein from making it outside).]]* In the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'', G1 Mimic pulls a YouShallNotPass on ''Discord'' to let her friends [[spoiler:and [[MamaBear daughters]]]] escape. In the process, she manages to shatter his fang before he kills her in his fury, being the ''only'' mortal to ever hurt him permanently.* Subverted comically in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' - Hobbes pulls one of these off while fighting [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Clock King]], and while Calvin dramatically monologues over his body, Hobbes walks in with ice cream, revealing the sacrificed one to be [[IdenticalStranger Socrates.]]* ''FanFic/FalloutEquestria'': When the zebras unleash the flesh-melting [[DeadlyGas Pink Cloud]] on Canterlot, [[spoiler: Rarity [[LoadBearingHero plugs a crack in a window with her hoof]], buying her enough time to teleport Fluttershy and Angel to safety. [[AnArmandALeg Her hoof melts off in the process]], causing her to bleed to death.]]** [[spoiler: Also, Big Macintosh dies TakingTheBullet for Princess Celestia.]]* In the ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTime'' version of "Evolution of the Daleks," the half-human Dalek Sec offers himself in exchange for the liberation of the Daleks' captured Time Lord, Kit Bennett. It... doesn't work. Then he ends up taking the fire of his own children in defense of his one remaining brother, Jast. He dies after one last plea with his brother for peace.* Twice in Hedgi's [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/ACaptiveLight ''History Repeats'']] series. First in A Captive Light when [[spoiler: T.K. takes an energy blast meant for Kari and appears to be dead]] and second in A Fading Hope when [[spoiler: Kari puts herself in harm's way to save T.K. again, she survives, but Gatomon does not.]]* Officer Johnny takes one for the team in ''FanFic/{{Pokeumans}}'' so Brandon and Reggie can make it back to the Long Island base.* In ''FanFic/TheEndOfEnds'', Count Logan's minions [[spoiler:hold down Beljar to allow the heroes to land the final blow. Why? Because they trust Logan so much that they're willing to give their lives for him]].* In ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'' this has happened a couple times.** In episode 3 [[spoiler:Doc the Metool does this to save Roll]].** QN-60 and Dr. Cossack almost do this to save people, but Mega Man saves them.** In episode 10, [[spoiler:Ballade]] does this.* In Episode 77 of ''Fanfic/SonicXDarkChaos''. [[spoiler: Tails]] is crippled and nearly possessed by [[EldritchAbomination Dark Tails]]. He fights against the influence of Dark Tails for as long as he can, and [[spoiler: Cosmo]] is forced to fire the Sonic Driver at them, permanently killing them both.* In ''FanFic/TheLightNeverGoesOut'' Spike saves the Mane Six from a collapsing mountain in their last adventure together 50 years prior to the story. The sequel explains that Spike helps keep the ceiling of a mountain cave up long enough for a dazed Rarity to be carried out by Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash when a meeting with the half-dragon, half-pony Greyhorn goes south.* In TheLandBeforeTime fanfic ''Fanfic/TheSevenHunters'' [[spoiler: Skytail]] sacrifices himself in a last ditch effort to poison Calin. This act not is an act of vengeance for the loss of one of his packmates, but it also buys his surviving followers time to escape.* In ''The River Variations'' [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/518303]] John pushes Sherlock out of the way in order to take the bullet for him. He is shot twice in the chest and is rushed to the hospital. John sacrifices himself for Sherlock.* In the 25th Webcomic/KillLaKillAU, we have this with Ragyo, going into the basement to save Nui's life from whatever was down there. This left her mortally injured.* In Technomad's ''Lord of the Rings'' AUFic "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10197304/1/Death-Seeker Death Seeker]]" [[spoiler: Grima Wormtongue, having been inadvertently freed from Saruman's influence when Theoden was]], rides with the host of Rohan, [[DeathSeeker seeking to die]]. He ends up [[spoiler: helping take down the Lord of the Nazgul]] and finally gets [[RedemptionEqualsDeath his wish.]]----